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2023 Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master's Degree Schools in New York

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

11 Colleges
$33,312 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,916 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master's Degree School for You

With 295 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, film, video and photographic arts is the #75 most popular major in New York.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master's Degree Schools in New York ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in New York to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for film students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in New York

Check out the film master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master's Degree Schools

#1

Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY

Our 2023 rankings named Brooklyn College the best value school in New York for film, video and photographic arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Brooklyn, Brooklyn College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Brooklyn College are $11,522 per year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means The City College of New York is a great value for film, video and photographic arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of New York, CCNY is a public college with a large student population.

CCNY graduate students pay an average of $11,402 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stony Brook University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. SUNY Stony Brook is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Stony Brook.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SUNY Stony Brook are $13,838 per year.

Full Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Stony Brook University Report

#4

Purchase College

Purchase, NY

The excellent master’s degree programs at Purchase College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value film, video and photographic arts schools in New York. Located in the suburb of Purchase, Purchase College is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Purchase College are $13,193 a year.

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#5

New York University

New York, NY

Out of the 11 schools in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, New York University landed the # 5 spot on the list. NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

NYU graduate students pay an average of $38,206 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

NYU also made our Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in New York list, coming in at #5.

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#6

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY

Syracuse University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. Syracuse is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Syracuse.

Syracuse graduate students pay an average of $42,954 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Syracuse also claimed a spot on our Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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Columbia University in the City of New York came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in New York ranking. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Columbia are $52,924 per year.

Columbia also took the #4 spot in our Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in New York rankings.

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Rochester Institute of Technology came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in New York ranking. RIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Rochester.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at RIT are $52,408 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, RIT also is in the top 20% of our Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in New York ranking.

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#9

University of Rochester

Rochester, NY

With a ranking of #9, University of Rochester did quite well on this year’s best value schools for film, video and photographic arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Rochester, University of Rochester is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

University of Rochester graduate students pay an average of $47,541 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

University of Rochester excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in New York list.

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#10

School of Visual Arts

New York, NY

School of Visual Arts landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree film, video and photographic arts programs. Located in the large city of New York, SVA is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SVA are $50,400 a year.

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Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 14
Maryland 29
New Jersey 7
District of Columbia 44

Film, Video & Photographic Arts is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Film

Related Major Annual Graduates
Music 7,675
Fine & Studio Arts 3,224
Design & Applied Arts 1,979
Drama & Theater Arts 1,699
Arts & Media Management 1,184

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 11 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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